INS Monitoring Desk
Srinagar,October 26
Singer O’Connor has announced her conversion to Islam,changing her name to ‘Shuhada’ which means ‘matyrs’’in Arabic reports CNN.
“This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim,” she wrote on Twitter on October 19. “This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant.”
The Irish singer has replaced her Twitter profile picture with a photo that reads “Wear a hijab just do it” alongside the Nike logo.
Her recent posts have included her singing the Islamic call to prayer, the Azan, and depicted her wearing a hijab.
The 51-year-old has tweeted that she is “very, very happy,” and apologized for mispronouncing some Arabic words during her recitation of the Azan.
Although her embrace of Islam attracted criticism and anti-Islamic remarks, it was broadly welcomed by fellow Muslims online.
The singer formally known as O’Connor made headlines in 1992 when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II during an appearance on a US television show on this pretext that she was prompted to do so by the catholic church’s record of child abuse.
